Mark Kelly and Will Atkins were the class of a stellar field to take a storming victory on the opening closed-road event of the year, the East Riding Stages in Yorkshire.
Kelly’s Skoda Fabia R5 was fastest on six of the 10 stages, to take a five-second victory over James Williams/ Ross Whittock (Hyundai i20 R5) in a performance that set Kelly up perfectly for the asphalt season.
Kelly was 3.2 seconds up after the opening stage at